See your counselor again; tell him or her exactly what the problem is. Let them know that you feel a failed test is going to affect your graduation and you want to know if it will or wont. This time, take notes.
You need to get in there NOW, as the closer it gets to graduation, the more busy the counselor will get. Don't wait again till the last minute.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.